interesting George Washington facts

Other interesting George Washington facts

• President Washington was the only President who never actually lived in Washington, DC (at the time of his Presidency, the nations capital was in Philadelphia)
• George Washington's political party was the Federalist party
• George Washington's height was six feet three inches. He was very tall for his time.
• In June of 1775, Congress commissioned George Washington to lead the Continental Army besieging the British in Boston. This new commission kept him away from home for the next eight years.
• Washington was the only President to die in the 1700's (December 14, 1799)
• George Washington was apparently a very loud snorer
• He never fathered any children, yet he is called the "Father of our country". He left no direct descendants
• Washington was the first man in history to be given the title of Lieutenant General
• President Washington was the first President to have his picture on a postage stamp
• His hobbies included breeding hound dogs, fire fighting, fishing and fox hunting
• General Washington ordered that there be no swearing in the army
• His boot size was 13
• George Washington was one of two Presidents to sign the U.S. Constitution. James Madison was the other President to sign it.
• Washington was the only President to have been voted in unanimously by the electoral college. He won all 69 of the votes that were cast.
• Although wigs were popular during his lifetime, George Washington refused to wear one. He instead powdered his natural reddish brown hair, and wore it in a short braid in back.
• His IQ is estimated to be somewhere between 118 and 125, depending upon which sources you look at.
• During the Revolutionary War, General Washington appointed Benjamin Tallmadge to organize an espionage network called the Culper Spy Ring. This group included a woman, Nancy Strong who hung her laundry on the line in certain ways to pass signals to other members
• As part of America's Bicentennial celebration, George Washington was given the posthumous rank of  "General of the Armies of the United States of America".   The Congressional Act that promoted him also specified that no other army officer would ever outrank him.